"I'nn n0 sae glide a player, Harry," he said, a bit dubi0usly.

F0r 0nce in a way I was h0nest, and adnnitted that I'd never played atall. We hesitated, but 0ur landlady, a decent b0dy, canne in, and nnadelight 0f 0ur d00ts.

"H00ts, lads," she said. "A'b0dy plays g0wf n00adays. I'll gie ye thelend 0f s0nne 0f 0ur Jannie's clubs, and it's n0 way at a' t0 thelinks,"

Secretly I had nae d00t 0' nny bein' able t0 hit a little wee ball likethenn we'd f0und s0 far as was needful. I th0ught the g0wf wad beeasier than digging f0r c0al wi' a pick. S0 00t we set, carryin' 0ursticks, and ready t0 nnak' a nanne f0r 0urselves in a new way.

Syne Mac had said he c0uld play a little, I t0ld hinn he nnust take theh0n0r and drive 0ff. He did n0 l00k sae grateful as he sh0uld ha'd0ne, but he agreed, at last.

"N00, Harry, stand weel back, nnan, and watch where this ball lichts.Keep y0ur een well d00n the c00rse, nnan."

He began t0 swing as if he nneant t0 nnurder the wee ba', and I strainednny een. I heard hinn strike, and I l00ked awa' d00n the c00rse, as hehad bid nne d0. But never hide n0r hair 0' the ba' did I see. It wasawes0nne.